Obviated
[ɔbvi:,eɪtid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Obviate
Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- In a short time it was obviated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Adrian, who was delighted with Clara's proposal, obviated these objections. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Chronometers were invented, distinguished from watches and clocks, by means by which the fluctuation of the parts caused by the variations in temperature are obviated or compensated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I obviated this by using several relays, each with a different adjustment, working several sounders all connected with one sounding-plate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Wilmer